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Walter Cecil Alborn

Rank Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Service Number M 6320
Born 14/04/1891 Stamford

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Portsmouth
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HMS Black Prince

Class Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Wounded Died 31 May 1916 Enlistment 10/07/1913 Next of kin address Lincolnshire England Gainsborough 4, Rectory Avenue England Mother Fanny Alborn Father John Alborn More info Enlisted 10/07/1913. Previous occupation: Engine iron fitter. Black Prince A/ERA4 21/04/14 - 22/12/14; ERA4c 23/12/14 - 31/05/16. 1911 census: Fitter on foundry. 1901 census: Police Station House, Skegness, Lincolnshire.